Insect-exterminator.



No. 777,088. PATENTED DC. 13, 1904.

J. C. FRANKLIN in C. M. BUOY NSEGT EXTBRMNATOR.

APPLIOATION FILED MAR.22,1904.

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Patented December 155, 1904.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES C. FRANKLIN AND CHARLES M. BUCE, OF BRAGGS, INDIAN TERRITORY.

llNSECT-EXTEFZIVIINATOR..

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. I777,088, datedDecember 13, 1904.

Application led March 22, 1904.

To all whom, 'llt may concern:

Be it known that we, .IAMEs C. FRANKLIN and CHARLES M. Buon, citizens ofthe United States, residing at Braggs, Cherokee Nation, IndianTerritory, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inInsect-Exterminators, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to rid cottonplants of the bell-weevil,as Well as to protect plants generally from the ravag'es of insects.

In accordance with this invention the insects are attracted to adeterminate point, a draft is maintained within a given radius of thecenter of attraction for collection of the insects, and as a linal stepthe insects are crushed.

The instrumentalities for attaining the purpose of the inventioncomprise an attracter which is a suitable illuminator, a collectorcovering' a determinate radiuswithin the nucleus of the attracter, meansfor creating' a draft within the collector for positively gathering theinsects within the attractive force of said draft, a conveyer, and acrusher for extinguishing' the life of the insects in one continuousoperation.

For a full description of the invention and the merits thereof and alsoto acquire a knowledg'e of the details of construction of the means foreffecting' the result reference is to be had to the following'description and drawings hereto attached.

While the essential and characteristic features of the invention aresusceptible oflncdification, still the preferred embodiment of theinvention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure lis a perspective view of an apparatus devised for attaining' the purposeof the invention. Fig. 2 isa side elevation, parts broken away, showing'the collector, crushing'- rolls, and fan or draft creating' device insection.

Corresponding' and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated Serial No. 199,407. (No model.)

in both views of the drawings by the same reference characters.

In practicing' the invention the following' steps are observed incarrying' out the process-that is, attracting the insects to a givenpoint, maintaining a draft within a given radius of the center ofattraction, whereby the insects are collected, and finally crushing theinsects.

For the successful operation of the process it is imperative thatmechanism be devised, and to this end the apparatus illustrated has beenconstructed. The attracter is indicated at 1 and consists of anilluminator of any variety. The collector 2 is a funnel-shapedcontrivance arranged with its mouth adjacent to the attracter andcovering a space within a g'iven radius thereof. A conveyer or pipe 3 isconnected to the apex of the collector, and its delivery end isflattened and widened, as shown at 4, so as t"o deliver the insects tothe Crusher. A fan 5 is interposed in the length of the pipe or conveyerand may be of any construction. The crusher consists of companion rolls6, geared together and arranged with reference to the delivery end ofthe conveyer, so as to receive the insects therefrom. The operating'parts, the fan, and Crusher are required to be driven by a suit-ablemotor, an ordinary gasolene-engine being' indicated at 7 for thispurpose and the fan and Crusher being' connected thereto in any way.

The apparatus is located in the field troubled with the pests to beexterminated and the illuminator l lighted and the fau and crusher setin operation. The fan creates a suction through the pipe or conveyer 3,and the draft thus established draws in the insects coming within theattractive or danger Zone of the illuminator and are delivered to theCrusher, which completes their destruction.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new isw In aninsect-exterminator, the combination of an attracter, a :funnel-shapedcollector, crushing-rolls, a conveyer connected to the peX of thecollector and having its delivery In testimony whereof We aiX voursigntl end flattened and widened and terminating tures in presence oftwo witnesses.

opposite the space between said crushing-rolls to deliver the insectstherebetween, and a fau F s in the length of the conveyer for creating aL' s' suction therethrough and through the collector Witnesses:

and about the attracter, substantially as set JOHN P. MCGEE,

forth E. H. KIRKPATRICK.

